Q. Though Ashoka had many sons, the inscriptions mentioned only one who is not mentioned in any other source. He is

Correct Answer

Tivara

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    A)Surendra Sai
    B)Kattabomman
    C)Utirat Singh
    D)Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi
    Answer: Surendra Sai
  • Q. The Mauryan administration was highly
    A)Bureaucratic
    B)Decentralized
    C)Centralized
    D)Despotic
    Answer: Centralized
  • Q. Under pressure from his family, Nanu married__________, the daughter of a traditional village doctor
    A)Kaliamma
    B)Kaliamma
    C)Rohini
    D)Meenkshi Amma
    Answer: Kaliamma
  • Q. Who built the famous Shalimar bagh of Srinagar?
    A)Akbar
    B)Humayun
    C)Jahangir
    D)Shahjahan
    Answer: Jahangir
  • Q. To which Ganarajya Gautam Buddha belonged?
    A)Shakya
    B)Shibi
    C)Saurasena
    D)Shabara
    Answer: Shakya
  • Q. Presently Daulatabad where Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq had transferred the capital from Delhi is situated near
    A)Nizamabad
    B)Mysore
    C)Aurangabad
    D)Bhopal
    Answer: Aurangabad
  • Q. Who was the governor-general during the Second Anglo Mysore War?
    A)Lord Cornwallis
    B)Lord Wellesley
    C)Sir John Shore
    D)Warren Hastings
    Answer: Warren Hastings
  • Q. Which one of the following monuments in Delhi is not included as a World Heritage Site?
    A)Humayun's Tomb
    B)Red Fort
    C)Qutub Minar
    D)Jantar Mantar
    Answer: Jantar Mantar
  • Q. Sher Shah defeated Humayun and captured Gaur in the battle of
    A)Chausa in 1539 A.D.
    B)Ghaghra is 1529 A.D.
    C)Panipat in 1526 A.D.
    D)Khanwa in 1527 A.D.
    Answer: Chausa in 1539 A.D.
  • Q. Which ruler murdered his father, Bimbisara to ascend the throne?
    A)Ajatshatru
    B)Ashoka
    C)Kanishka
    D)Simukha
    Answer: Ajatshatru
  • Q. The fourth Buddhist Council was held at
    A)Vaishali
    B)Pataliputra
    C)Kundalavana
    D)Bodh Gaya
    Answer: Kundalavana
  • Q. Who among the following had attended all the three Round Table Conferences in London?
    A)B. R. Ambedkar
    B)M. K. Gandhi
    C)J. L. Nehru
    D)M. M. Malaviya
    Answer: B. R. Ambedkar
  • Q. Under the Mughals one of the main imports was
    A)raw silk
    B)pepper
    C)cotton
    D)opium
    Answer: raw silk
  • Q. The major Muslim organizations which opposed the partition of India were
    A)Khudai Khidmatgar
    B)The Jamiat-Ulema-hind
    C)Majlis-e-Ahrar –Hind
    D)All of these
    Answer: All of these
  • Q. Which of the following place, Buddha was never depicted in a human form but was represented only as a symbol of either two footprints or wheel?
    A)Loria
    B)Sanchi
    C)Kesaria
    D)All of the above
    Answer: Sanchi
  • Q. The Revolt of 1857 failed mainly because
    A)it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
    B)of superior resources of the British empire
    C)it had very little nationalist sentiment
    D)it was localised, restricted and scattered
    Answer: it was poorly organised and the rebels had no common ideal
  • Q. In the Rigveda the term Dasas and Dasyus refers to
    A)tribals
    B)robbers
    C)non-Aryans
    D)menials
    Answer: non-Aryans
  • Q. As per the Act of Indian Independence, the boundaries of East Bengal, West Bengal and Assam would be determined by
    A)The Muslim League
    B)The National Congress
    C)The Award of a Boundary Commission
    D)The People living in those boundary areas
    Answer: The Award of a Boundary Commission
  • Q. What is Chivalry?
    A)The code by which a Christian family lived
    B)The code Charlemagne implemented
    C)The code by which knights lived
    D)The code by which young men lived
    Answer: The code by which knights lived
  • Q. The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji’s reign – the Jama Masjid at Kana and Alai Darwaza – were constructed at
    A)Delhi
    B)Agra
    C)Dhar
    D)Gulbarga
    Answer: Delhi

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